The mayor of Palma wants to change the Capital City Law to double its minimum investment to 60 million

PalmThe mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, has proposed an amendment to the Capital City Law that would double the minimum contribution from other levels of government to the Balearic capital to 60 million euros. This is one of the aspects the mayor intends to change in a law dating back to 2006. This amendment is primarily motivated by Palma's population growth (27% more in the last two decades), the transient population, and the influx of tourists arriving through the Balearic Islands' main infrastructure, also located in Palma. Martínez explained that these 60 million euros would be divided between approximately 50 million invested by the Balearic Government and another 10 million by the Council of Mallorca, although he clarified that this would not prevent other levels of government from contributing to fund services that, he emphasized, are used by citizens throughout Mallorca and the Balearic Islands. This proposal will be one of the topics to be debated at the next municipal plenary session in November, after which it will be forwarded to the Parliament and the Government. When asked if this initiative had been discussed with the institutions that will have to deal with this budget increase, he assured that it is his own initiative and that of the local government team, but that there is a "predisposition" from the Consell de Mallorca and the Government for it to move forward. The amendment also includes other improvements, such as strengthening security and support for victims of gender violence, implementing video surveillance, and requesting that the Government allow the City Council to propose quotas for subsidized housing, price limits, or market prices in each urban development projected under regional laws, among other things.